Tag: Air Travel

A Virgin Atlantic flight comes in for a landing above other taxiing aircraft, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.

Energy and Environment

Climate change is making jets fly at record speeds

John Siciliano · February 22, 2019 7:24 pm

A bronze statue of late actor John Wayne stands before a four-story high American flag at John Wayne Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, Calif.

Columnist says ‘racist and homophobe’ John Wayne name should be stripped from airport

Daniel Jativa · February 22, 2019 5:46 pm

Baggage is loaded onto a Southwest Airlines Co. flight departing from Dallas Love Field (DAL) airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S., on March 13, 2017. Southwest is spending as much as $300 million to bring new technology to the airport ramp and other operations. That adds to the $500 million the airline has devoted to a new reservation system -- the airline's biggest tech update ever.

Southwest Airlines quadruples estimate of shutdown cost to $60 million

James Langford · February 20, 2019 7:40 pm

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who announced Feb. 10 she is running for president in 2020, speaks during an appearance on FOX News Channelâs Special Report with Bret Baier Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in D.C.

Energy and Environment

Klobuchar tempers ‘Green New Deal’ goals: ‘I’m not for reducing air travel’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 13, 2019 12:27 am

Transportation Security Administration officers work at a checkpoint at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019.

TSA says it stopped more than 4,239 people from boarding planes while carrying guns last year

Anna Giaritelli · February 7, 2019 5:34 pm

People wait to get through security at the Orlando International Airport following a security incident on Saturday.

Orlando police say TSA officer who died at airport was a suicide. TSA says the man fell off balcony

Anna Giaritelli · February 2, 2019 8:47 pm

Travel industry still worried about a shutdown

Diana Stancy Correll · February 1, 2019 5:00 am

A TSA worker works at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

Sikh community in Phoenix gives TSA union $11K for employees to buy groceries, gas

Anna Giaritelli · January 31, 2019 5:52 pm

Ohio Gov. John Kasich sits for an interview with The Associated Press at the Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Columbus. Kasich discussed his future upon departing office in January, including the possibility of a third presidential run.

Comedian slams John Kasich over airline seat episode

Katelyn Caralle · January 30, 2019 8:14 pm

Donald Trump on Boeing's F/A-18 Hornet: "Oh, did they have another one of these things go down? It's terrible that crash. Never liked that plane, structurally."

Boeing expects support from Pentagon, Congress to buoy 2019 sales

James Langford · January 30, 2019 5:50 pm

The air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport is seen, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says delays at East Coast airports amid a partial federal government shutdown are another symptom of the "federal madness" caused by Republican President Donald Trump. Earlier Friday, the FAA announced LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were both experiencing delays in takeoffs due to staffing problems at two air traffic control facilities.

Airlines beg to end shutdown ‘madness’ hamstringing New York airports

James Langford · January 25, 2019 6:47 pm

The air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport is seen, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in New York. The Federal Aviation Administration reported delays in air travel Friday because of a "slight increase in sick leave" at two East Coast air traffic control facilities.

Beltway Confidential

The air traffic controller shortage is the beginning of the end for the shutdown

Tom Rogan · January 25, 2019 5:40 pm